There will always be unexpected dinners, and there is only one chapter left today, sorry!

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The German 2nd Panzer Division soon collapsed, and the more than 60 tanks that entered the village were wiped out almost before they could react.

The reason why they were annihilated so quickly was, in addition to the credit of the T34, anti-tank rifles played a role.

As mentioned earlier, the 4th Tank Brigade was also armed with 30 anti-tank rifles, all of which were assigned to higher floors with better visibility and fired condescendingly through the windows.

Although it cannot deal with the "No. 3" and "No. 4" tanks, it is still very useful for the "No. 2", 38T and armored vehicles equipped by the German army, which will reduce a lot of interference for the T34 and infantry.

Although the "No. 2" tank could not pose a threat to the T34 at close range, it was a good equipment against the infantry...... A 20mm machine gun with a rate of fire of 100 rounds per minute, plus two machine guns, which could not be threatened by the infantry's small arms.

This made it impossible for the T34 tank to ignore them.

But with the anti-tank rifle, there was no need for the T34 to do this, they just had to aim their guns at more important targets and destroy them one by one.

The battle in the village lasted only ten minutes, and then the T34 fought out of the village.

The Germans did not retreat because Major General Ike ordered them to hold their ground and build a defensive line outside the village.

"Block them!" Major General Ike ordered: "Then indicate the positions for the Air Force and artillery!" ”

Major General Ick's order may have been correct, because as long as the Germans could build a line of defense to confront the enemy, or perhaps distinguish between friend and foe, then German fighters and artillery could carpet bomb the front of the line.

But Rear Admiral Ike clearly underestimated the 4th Tank Brigade......

The first is that it is not easy for tanks to organize defenses in muddy ground, and although the German tank crews are well trained, they cannot ignore the objective factor of the battlefield environment, and several tanks venture into the mud outside the road and immediately fall into it.

Secondly, the whole battle developed too quickly, and the Russian army left too little time for the Germans to prepare, and in just ten minutes, the T34 cleared the tanks that fell into the village and chased the fleeing Germans all the way.

Again, it was the Russian tanks that went all the way forward and fired smoke bombs all the way.

So, the imagination is beautiful, but the reality is cruel.

Major General Ike hoped to use his air superiority and artillery superiority to slightly block the German attack, but the result was another melee that turned out to be unfavorable to the Germans.

And such a scuffle was more disadvantageous to the Germans than the melee in the village.

The reason is that the melee in the village is too close to each other to penetrate each other, for example, at that moment, the Russian army also lost 7 tanks.

However, in the battle outside the village, the T34 tank deliberately kept the distance between the enemy and the enemy at a distance of 100 meters, so it immediately developed into a situation where the T34 could destroy the German tank and the German tank could not penetrate the T34.

Colonel Becker's "No. 3" tank had been destroyed, but he was lucky enough to escape from it...... This is mainly because the Russian army only sees tanks in its eyes, and turns a blind eye to the soldiers who escape.

"General!" The disgraced Colonel Becker reported to Major General Ike via walkie-talkie: "I think we should retreat, otherwise we won't be able to save even the last bit of tank!" ”

At the same time as Colonel Becker reported, the explosion of German tanks and the flames of fire were heard behind him.

Objectively speaking, Major General Ike did not understand this, and it was common sense that the troops should be withdrawn the moment he knew that he was in ambush.

A large part of the reason why Major General Ike did not do this was because he was unwilling to fail...... They were the 2nd Panzer Division, the 2nd Panzer Division, which had won victory after victory on the battlefield, and it was about to open the door to Moscow and win a remarkable victory, and it was in vain in a moment.

Major General Ike was reluctant to do this, he hoped for a miracle, at least the Germans would have air superiority.

But in the end, Major General Ike was disappointed...... Miracles did not occur, and every second that passed they had one less tank.

Major General Ike gritted his teeth, and he chose to accept reality.

"Retreat!" Major General Ike ordered.

However, it seemed too late to give the order to retreat, and with the bombardment of artillery and rockets, the shouts of Soviet troops were heard from the other direction...... The counteroffensive of the 316th Infantry Division began.

In this battle, the German 2nd Panzer Division suffered heavy losses, losing 113 of 150 tanks, and the Soviets also captured 30 anti-tank guns and a large number of shells.

This was a treasure for the Soviets, who were desperately short of anti-tank guns, and they only needed to turn the muzzle to use these anti-tank guns against German tanks.

The news reached Feng. Bock's headquarters, Bock held the telegram for a long time and did not react.

"Met an ambush by the enemy T34 in Volokolamsk? Where did they get the T34?! ”

"We got the news from the Intelligence Bureau, it's the 4th Tank Brigade!" The adjutant replied.

"No, the 4th Tank Brigade is in Tver!"

"No, Your Excellency Marshal!" "Apparently they lied to us and made us think so, but in fact the 4th Tank Brigade has been hiding in civilian houses in Volokolamsk!" Our soldiers saw their tanks rushing out of civilian houses and destroyed our tanks one by one! ”

Bock couldn't believe what he heard, but he had to believe the facts before his eyes.

On the other hand, the command of the Western Front was of course a different story when it received the news, and the staff officers, communications corps, and guards all cheered at this victory.

General Zhukov breathed a sigh of relief, and then he said to Bulganin: "It turns out that I am right, our counteroffensive will make Volokolamsk a dangerous bottleneck for our counteroffensive troops, it will be vulnerable to enemy attacks!" ”

"But we have already stopped the enemy's attack, Comrade Zhukov!" Bulganin replied.

"What?" Zhukov felt a little incredible: "The Germans will not just give up, they will gather more forces to attack!" ”

"Since the 4th Tank Brigade is in Volokolamsk, it seems that we don't need to worry about this!"

"That's just a brigade after all!" Zhukov protested: "And even such a big victory they have tank losses, and at the same time our reserves and mobile units are all in Tver, and we have no troops to reinforce them...... We must withdraw the troops attacking Tver! ”

"Maybe we can take Tver before they do!" Bulganin said: "Do you know what this means? Open the railway line from Leningrad to Moscow, which means that we will have more 4th Brigade of Tanks! ”

Zhukov couldn't help but be speechless, which let him know that this dangerous situation would continue.

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